Tag:CBD

Polis Administration Rolls Out Roadmap for Cannabis Banking

Gov. Jared Polis and the Department of Regulatory Agencies on Feb. 3 unveiled a cannabis banking roadmap aimed at increasing the number of financial...

The Year in Cannabis: Stock Bubbles and Banking Troubles Among Challenges in 2019

Michael Weiner is a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, where he leads the Denver corporate group and is co-head of the firm’s cannabis practice.  The...

Not Cannabis Lawyers, Per Se

After Colorado voters approved legal retail marijuana in 2012, attorney Zane Gilmer started getting this question from his banking clients: “Can we serve cannabis...

Attorneys Scrutinize USDA Hemp Rules

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its first guidance on how hemp can be lawfully produced under the 2018 Farm Bill. But with more than...

Is There A Cannabis Trademark Gold Rush?

The more brands that enter a given market, the more important their trademarks become. In the booming legal cannabis market, however, registering a trademark...

Cannabis Patent Survives Early Challenge

The first cannabis patent claim ever litigated in federal court just cleared a hurdle this month. In United Cannabis Corp. v. Pure Hemp, a cannabis...

Copious Rules (and Money) To Be Made in Hemp

With the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill, the waiting game began for the federal government’s rules on hemp commerce. In the meantime, hemp-derived products...

A Marijuana Product Patent Dispute Marks a First for the Judicial System

For the first time in the marijuana industry’s history, a patent on a cannabis product is the focus of a lawsuit in federal court....